I try to create a nested model form for the has_one association. (i\'m using Rails 4)
In my user, and adress model i have the following :
class User
There is an option to make it do a partial update if the record already exists:
accepts_nested_attributes_for(:address, update_only: true)
Documented here: http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/NestedAttributes/ClassMethods.html#method-i-accepts_nested_attributes_for